In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: fix skb memory leak in deferred qdisc drops When the network stack cleans up the deferred list via qdisc_run_end(), it operates on the root qdisc. If the root qdisc do not implement the TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS flag the packets queue to free are never freed and gets stranded on the child's local to_free list. Fix this by making qdisc_dequeue_drop() aware of the root qdisc. It fetches the root qdisc and check for the TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS flag. If the flag is present, the packet is appended directly to the root's to_free list. Otherwise, drop it directly as it was done before the optimization was implemented.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking scheduler (`net_sched`). When the network stack cleans up deferred packet lists, if the root queueing discipline (qdisc) does not implement the TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS flag, packets intended for release are not freed. This can lead to a memory leak, potentially resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) due to resource exhaustion.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53079 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53079 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062406-CVE-2026-53079-1491@gregkh/T